Greensboro News & Record Circulation 2016

So have you ever wondered how many people actually read the Greensboro News & Record? According to this page #119, lifted from the 2016 Berkshire- Hathaway Annual Report, circulation for 2016 was 39,474 daily and 55.621 Sunday papers.

You might want to think about that before spending your advertising dollars with the News & Fishwrap.

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Help Zack Get Home Safely

We here at EzGreensboro.com have just learned that former Greensboro City Council member and current President of Downtown Greensboro Inc. will be playing in tomorrow's annual Page Grimsley Rivalry Reunion Golf Tournament at Bryan Park along with Scott Neff , Robert Enochs and Scott Wyatt.

Zach will be unable to attend tonight's pre-tourney party at Natty Greene's tonight because of the DWI restrictions he received after he was found passed out drunk in the parking lot of a methadone clinic on North Church St. one year ago tonight.

Please be careful if you are driving near Bryan Park or anywhere near New Irving Park in the hours after the tournament ends as Zack and his rowdy friends may be driving in the vicinity.

And please, help Zack get home safely.

Oh, and if you see Zack, wish him a happy anniversary.

This has been a public service announcement.

Greensboro Radio Project

news from the booth In this first newsletter from the Greensboro Radio Project we have updates on the effort, a brief overview of the project, a report from our first big fundraiser, and ways you can get involved! TELL ME ABOUT THIS RADIO PROJECT The Greensboro Radio Project is a grassroots non-profit organization working to launch a community-run radio station in our city. We applied ot the FCC for and were granted a construction permit for a new low power FM (LPFM) radio station. When it's launched our radio station will broadcast out of Northeast Greensboro at the frequency 102.7. We anticipate broadcasting a variety of programming on the station including, music, news, talk shows and more. Part of the mission is to help teach media production to community members, empowering them to tell their own stories using our radio station as a platform. LPFM stations are allowed to broadcast with a maximum of 100 watts. We anticipate this will cover a large part of Greensboro, including downtown. In addition to our broadcasting area, we plan to stream our station online and publish many of our shows as podcasts. UPDATES On April 23rd we held a great public meeting at the McGirt-Horton Library on Philips Ave. Thanks to everyone who came out to get  involved! There are two major areas of work right now - fundraising and programming. The fundraising committee will be working on some events over the next several months, a fundraising appeal letter, and some other fun ideas. The programming committee is developing a process for community members to submit ideas for radio shows, which will start closer to the time we go on the air. We've also filed for tax exempt status and a construction permit extension. MERLE HAGGARD TRIBUTE FUNDRAISER On May 6, Matty Sheets hosted a tribute concert to the late great Merle Haggard. Tons of people came down to Gibb's Hundred Brewing Company to hear some of Greensboro's best songwriters, including Molly McGinn, Sam Frazier, Jon Dwyer, Bob Fleming, Laura Jane Vincent, Emily Stewart, Carrie Pazdziora, Abigail Dowd, Richard Boyd, Douglas Moore Jr. We raised over $500! Thanks so much to the musicians that generously donated their time and talent! And thanks to everyone that came out to hear some great music and support our radio station. GET INVOLVED As we said above, fundraising is our major focus right now! Please visit the link below to donate securely through PayPal. Every dollar donated goes directly to purchasing equipment and the costs of operating the station. Our target is $35,000 and you can donate online below, or by mailing a check made out to "Greensboro Radio Project" to 1013 Willard St., Greensboro NC 27405. Stay tuned to our Facebook page for upcoming events. We'll be posting meetings and fundraising events there.

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Greensboro People's Assembly

Time: Thursday, March 12th at 6PM

Location: TBD (Look for updates as the date approaches, NC A&T's Campus)

Because we are workers who are tired of working for poverty wages. Because we are people of color who are tired of being harassed and brutalized by police. Because we are students graduating with tens of thousands of dollars in student debt with no guarantee of meaningful employment. Because we are worth more, and we demand a future for all, not just the super wealthy.

Join us for a People's Assembly bringing together workers in the Fight for $15/hour, youth involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, students, teachers, and parents fighting for justice in our schools, and other community members for a discussion about what we can do to fight back together.

We'll also be talking about a big day of action coming up on April 15th where tens of thousands of people across the country will be speaking out for better jobs and justice.

Below are a few of the groups helping build this people's assembly, click on the links and get involved!

April 15th, Workers across NC on the Rise | Faculty Forward | Black Lives Matter | Ignite NC | Organize 2020 | Queer People of Color Collective (QPOCC) | Beloved Community Center | Working America | American Friends Service Committee (South Organizing Against Racism) | Well Versed Xpressionz | United Students Empowering Workers (USEW)

Read more.

Cone Hospital Prepares For Ebola

In the wake of the recent death of an Ebola patent in Texas, Greensboro's Cone Hospital sends a letter to staff addressing concerns and what to do about them.

Not to make light of the threat but while TV news reporters are doing their absolute best to create a nationwide panic the economic impact of fear may indeed be greater than the virus itself.

Use common sense, avoid people displaying Ebola symptoms, wash your hands, treat Ebola just as you would any other infectious disease and odds are you'll never know anyone who has it.

FREE upcoming movie event on coal ash, co-hosted by BREDL

Hello friends,

I wanted to take this opportunity to reach out to those of you who I met recently in Greensboro, new friends as well as "old" friends, to let you know about an event happening next Thursday that may be of interest. 

On Thursday, June 19^th at 7pm, Fund for Democratic Communities, League of Conservation Voters, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League in collaboration with Appalachian Voices, Earthjustice, NC Conservation Network, NC WARN and Working Films will host Coal Ash Stories at the Central Library Nussbaum Room. Coal Ash Stories is a statewide screening tour featuring four short documentary films focused on coal ash, related public health concerns, and policy. The event is free, light refreshments will be provided, and the audience will be invited to participate in a Q&A and call to action following the films. 

The website to learn more about the films is http://workingfilms.org/blog/coalash/

A flyer with details is attached. Please help us share this event through email and facebook. If you use facebook or twitter and would like to stay in touch with me or with BREDL, you can find us both there. 

Kate Dunnagan

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL)

phone: (919) 417-4939

 http://www.bredl.org/ 

twitter: @BlueRidgeKate  

Please feel free to call or email anytime regarding your concerns about coal ash, fracking, and other environmental issues, and if you are interested in working together to organize a local group. Peace! 

BREDL 1984-2014: Celebrating Thirty Years of Grassroots Action

City Of Greensboro IFYI: Friday, August 16, 2013

More aptly named Lies For Your Information.

City Of Greensboro Greensboro IFYI: Friday, August 9, 2013

Seeing the forest for the trees-- or not- in this weeks Items for Your Information from City Manager Denise Turner Roth.

City Of Greensboro IFYI:

Don't forget, because of National Night Out this coming Tuesday night, this week's City Council meeting will be on Monday night. Also, the residents of Northeast Greensboro have invited Greensboro Mayoral Candidate, George Hartzman to attend Greensboro's oldest night out gathering which predates National Night Out and Mr Hartzman has agreed to attend. The event is located in Textile Drive Park located at 2300 Textile Drive.

In case you are wondering, my mother founded Greensboro's first night out events and hosted them in our family's front yard for many years until the crowds began spilling into the streets before moving the event to the park. The event actually predates National Night Out and began as part of a very successful effort to drive crack dealers from the neighborhood when the Greensboro Police and Greensboro City Council refused any help. The neighborhood knows my mother as Ms Betty and Ms Betty, like myself, is fed up with the status quo. The neighbors actually manage the event now and when I mentioned I knew Mr Hartzman they extended the invitation.

In this weeks IFYI, get your shovel ready there's a lot of BS to bury.

City Of Greensboro IFYI: Friday, July 26, 2013

Without further comment, this week's IFYI.

Greensboro IFYI: Friday, July 19, 2013

Managing brown bagging, drugs, prostitution, gambling and Ashley's flooded breasts in this weeks IFYI from Greensboro City Manager, Denise Turner Roth.

White Street Landfill Reopens Today

Press Release from the City of Greensboro today:

CITY OF GREENSBORO                                                                 Contact:  Jason Jernigan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                           Phone:  336-412-3949

                                                                                                           

White Street Landfill Reopens

GREENSBORO, NC (July 19, 2013) On July 16, a private truck at the White Street Landfill, 2503 White Street, malfunctioned and knocked out its power supply. Power has been completely restored at the landfill and residents may bring yard waste as well as construction and demolition debris for disposal at the landfill.

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The City of Greensboro works with the community to improve the quality of life for residents through inclusion, diversity, and trust. As the seventh largest employer in Greensboro, the City has a professional staff of 3,000 employees who maintain the values of honesty, integrity, stewardship, and respect. The City is governed by a council-manager form of government with a mayor and eight council members. For more information on the City, visit www.greensboro-nc.gov or call 373-CITY (2489).

City Of Greensboro IFYI: Friday, July 12, 2013

Callers from Arizona on the Greensboro Riots, Super Jam, and something about no longer allowing state regulated, trained and licensed city building inspectors to decide when rental properties are unfit for human habitation... Seems a bureaucrat is better qualified to make that decision... All in this week's IFYI from Greensboro City Manager Denise Turner Roth.

Wonder how long it will take after an apartment building catches fire before the City of Greensboro gets hit with a class action law suit over a building that was certified as safe by a suit and tie who doesn't know which end of the nail to hit with the screwdriver?

Greensboro IFYI: Friday, July 5, 2013

Public information requests, Riots, Police and Youth Protection Ordinance, Small Group meetings and all in this week's IFYI

City Of Greensboro IFYI: Friday, June 28, 2013

Turns out I was right all along about the Franklin Blvd Greensboro Sportsplex the city staff denied was being planned and refused me access to city planning maps to see and the proof is in this week's IFYI from the City of Greensboro.

Only, they gave it a new name, the Heath Park and Indoor Track And Field Facility.

And to think, Greensboro City Attorney S. Mujeeb Shah-Khan told me I was denied access to planning because he feared I might poison the City's water supply.... What was that all about?

Yeah, I know I said I was done but I just had to prove I was right... again.

IFYI: Friday, June 21, 2013

RUCO, oh no!
Greenway, hey, hey!
Shift Accelerator.
All you can spy in the IFYI
and me, I'll catch you later.

Yeah, it's crappy poetry, so what?

IFYI: Friday, June 14, 2013

Are you aware who started the first neighborhood night out in Greensboro? It was my mother, the year before National Night Out began nationwide. I'm sure there no record of it downtown even though Captain Ed Swing sent a dozen or so GPD officers by the house for fear a fight might break out between us and the crack dealers across the street as my brothers and I were directing guests to park their cars in the crack dealers' front yard but all in all it turned out to be a great night and the beginning of a great neighborhood tradition. Anyway, National Night Out Kickoff Parties and more in this week's IFYI from the Greensboro City Manager.

City Of Greensboro IFYI: Whatever Today Is

If history repeats itself (and in Greensboro it's in the habit of doing so) considering that the appointment of Greensboro's first and only water conservation manager lead to the now world's most famous Dam Scam I can only assume the new Office of Accountability (ROTFLMAO!!!) as proposed in this week's IFYI will also be short lived.

Yeah, I know I said I was under pressure to stop blogging but what are threats to someone who has been suicidal for the last 40 years? I'll tell you what they are: a fucking invitation!

City Of Greensboro IFYI: Friday, May 31, 2013

SS Different Week.

Don't worry, the real shit hits the fan again Monday morning starting ar 8:00 sharp. The autopost is loaded and aimed straight at city hall. They'll be at least another year shoveling up this round.

Greensboro IFYI: Friday, May 24, 2013

Items for Your Information (IFYI) from City Manager Denise Turner Roth: Guilford County residents will be interested to learn that the City of Greensboro plans to add 15,000 acres of planned annexations by 2019 and 73, 152 acres overall. Got friends in Guilford County? Send them this link.



How can county residents slow down Greensboro expansion? Put pressure on Guilford County Commissioners to deny funding to anything Greensboro wants including the $10 Million Dollars the City is hoping the County will pay towards the downtown performing arts center. Anything that gets into the City's pockets will help slow down the advance into the county.

Several different cancer causing chemicals were found in testing gas probes not of the White Street Landfill but at the E. H. Glass Landfill located next door to the White Street Landfill and operated from 1965 to 1983. I'm not blaming Bill Glass, we didn't know better back then.

No mention of the US Army Landfill next door to Mr Glass's landfill or the previous Greensboro City landfill located very near the intersection of S English Street and Apache.  I wonder why not? How many of my fellow East Greensboro residents ever knew they were living on top of an unregulated landfill that operated for almost a century taking in waste from residents, chemical companies, Cone Mills and whatever else came to Greensboro?

You reckon I'll ever get my PIRT (Public Information Request) from 2/18/2013? It's #3 on the list. I've been told by several GPD officers who shall remain nameless what the policy is and they all concure I'm not being told because then GPD would have to stick to it. There's also the matter of the felony no one downtown wants to talk to me about. I guess I'll have to go on camera at a city council meeting...

On my 5/20/2013 request: the IFYI indicates the City has compiled the documents and that "legal will begin reviewing e-mails." Funny in a sad kind of way considering the e-mails all say "subject to public records requests" at the bottom. Are the stalling in an effort to hide something? Damn right they are.

John Godwin's PIRT is a perfect example of why I've been telling the City Manager and others it would be cheaper to put this stuff on line in an .html searchable database and let us search for it ourselves. Why? Because I'm waiting for the exact same information John is waiting for, word for word.

It's all here for your viewing pleasure without my commentary in this week's IFYI.